Condition Report after taking over a lease/bond

But unless these happen at the last minute, they would be picked up by routine inspections.

Rats, dog poo, 5 years (?) of dirt, and mould growth would be hard to miss.

And presumably the new owner or someone inspected the property prior to its “recent purchase” ?
Marg

 

I expected my idea might have flaws. How would this situation be dealt with in NSW?

I would have thought all parties can mutually agree to cancel the old lease and create a new one to solve such a problem. In any case, the wording - some clauses in the old lease would be obsolete and there will be several new laws that will not be on the old lease. Otherwise how does the owner charge for water usage and is the owner legally required to install smoke alarms? Is the owner required to have a tested electrical safety switch?

 

I don’t think a landlord’s responses to legal changes requiring installation of smoke alarms, electrical safety items etc are linked to individual leases. Those sorts of changes have to be implemented despite any existing leases.

 

Thanks.

 

@Joynz pretty much summed it up. Changes to the law affected all leases new and existing. Water efficiency measures apply to all leases, so the op may be caught out unless they're checked.

 

As the property is in Vic, tenant pays for water use directly in account set up in their own name. No need to go through landlord who pays for water service provision also directly in their own name.